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ca⋅liph
[key-lif, kal-if] 
lɪf
–noun
| 1. | a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad. |
| 2. | any of the former Muslim rulers of Baghdad (until 1258) and of the Ottoman Empire (from 1571 until 1924). |
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| ca·liph also ca·lif or kha·lif (kā'lĭf, kāl'ĭf) n. A leader of an Islamic polity, regarded as a successor of Muhammad and by tradition always male. [Middle English calife, from Old French, from Arabic ḫalīfa, successor (to Muhammad), caliph, from ḫalafa, to succeed; see ḫlp in Semitic roots.] ca'li·phal adj. |
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Caliph
Ca"liph\, n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[=i]fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed.] Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif.]
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caliph
1393, from Arabic khalifa "successor," originally Abu-Bakr, who succeeded Muhammad in the role of leader of the faithful after the prophet's death. Caliphate "dominion of a caliph" is from 1614.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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